In regions with a long cultural history, past land‐use may strongly determine floristic
composition in seemingly natural vegetation. Here we examine if past land‐use affects …

In Europe, forests have been strongly influenced by human land-use for millennia. Here, we
studied the importance of anthropogenic historical factors as determinants of understorey …

The relationship between vegetation and environmental variables has been studied in 100
sample plots, each 0.25 m2, in old‐growth spruce forest at Høgkollen, ØOstmarka Nature …

The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of the flora in Suserup Skov, Denmark,
a small, ancient forest stand in a fragmented agricultural landscape. We analysed whether …

Bolderslev Skov (113 ha) is the largest contiguous ancient forest remnant in Denmark. The
forest has been preserved since 1998 as a strict non-intervention forest reserve. We studied …

Ecological gradients in the field layer of southern boreal forests in South Finland were
studied in relation to the dominant tree species and the age of forest stands. The data are …

The vegetation of herb‐rich spruce forests in three localities in Brønnøy municipality, W
Nordland, N Norway, has been analysed using 120 sample plots, each 25 m2, distributed by …

The recovery of understory plants in recent forests is critical for evaluating the overall
capacity of landscapes to maintain plant biodiversity. Here we used a large data set of …

Question: What is the relative influence of forest continuity, environmental differences and
geographical context on vegetation and species richness in ancient and recent forests …

Little is known about the importance of the forest overstorey relative to other factors in
controlling the spatial variability in understorey species composition in near-natural …